The premilitary investigation of the criminal case against former speaker over
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case involving former Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ara Babloyan is over, Pastinfo news agency reported on Thursday.
According to the source, the lawyer of the former speaker Aram Vardevanyan declined to provide updates, adding comprehensive comments on the matter will be provided later.
The criminal case opened by the country’s Special Investigative Service refers to the legality of Hrayr Tovmasyan’s appointment to the post of President of the Constitutional Court. According to the investigation, Tovmasyan was appointed as a result of a usurpation of power by a group of officials, including the former Speaker of Parliament Ara Babloyan and Deputy Chief of the Parliament staff Arsen Babayan.
Both Babloyan and Babayan have rejected the charges.